Zoosystematics and Evolution (Pensoft)
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Etymology:
Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
This boring worm has a pale color.
Coral hosts of the new species are not restricted to specific species, but they have been frequently found in Faviidae stony corals.
Etymology:
Daylithos langkawiensis is named after where it was found, Langkawi Island in the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia
Literature reference:
Jimi N, Fujita T, Woo SP (2023)
Four new species of coral- and rock-boring polychaetes Daylithos (Annelida, Flabelligeridae) from the Pacific Ocean.
Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 149-159. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.97944
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
This boring worm has a pale color.
Coral hosts of the new species are not restricted to specific species, but they have been frequently found in Faviidae stony corals.
Etymology:
Daylithos langkawiensis is named after where it was found, Langkawi Island in the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia
Literature reference:
Jimi N, Fujita T, Woo SP (2023)
Four new species of coral- and rock-boring polychaetes Daylithos (Annelida, Flabelligeridae) from the Pacific Ocean.
Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 149-159. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.97944
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
